Prologue:
Assuming MrFishIt will still work come 4.0.1, all of the knowledge presented in this post can be carried over into Cata, the names and prices are pretty much meaningless.
P.S - The Sha'tar EU is an Anomaly in terms of fish.
At a first glance, the fish market seems fairly dull, doesnt it? A few varieties being sold without a care in the world over the Auction House.
Those of you that are new to MrFishIt, like myself may not yet have understood the true potential you have in monopolising not just the auction house, but earning the respect of individual clients as well.
This guide will go through these steps with my own knowledge from using MrFishIt for the past few weeks.
First of all, I recommend finding a fair, medium sized PvE server.
Most of you will know what comes next - the fishing itself. I highly recommend MrFishIt for getting the job done with what I'm about to go through.
But the fishing strategies.. locations, optimization of wintergrasp timers and so forth in aforementioned threads are not what I'm gonna be explaining either.
I guarantee the auction house is a lesser tool in the fish market to earning cash from fishing, than the main source of income - Individual clients.
What to do when you stumble on a potential buyer:
- Dont hound the guy for instant sales, you'll scare him off or just leave it as a one time sale, depends how desperate you are.
- Be relaxed, and comfortable with your client. Flexibility is key - say for instance you're selling thirty stacks of nettlefish for 35g p/20. The end result comes to 1,050g.
Remember, you're the one exploiting the game here, you arent similar to any other fish sellers (Provided they arent using bots either). You dont have to put any effort in whatsoever to making sure that your fish bot gets what you need, when you need.
Be flexible. Act professional around your customer, it really does work. It's impossible to be detected as a noob inside a whole new professionalism unless you act like one.
Give discounts. Crunch some numbers at the end of the sale and make sure you're giving your client the most comfortable deal as possible.
The irony of this whole situation is, that you ARE catching fish. They just live on land, and talk.
Once you've made sure the client is settled into your deal, this is what makes you the gold at the end of the day - customer satisfaction.
If he's satisfied with the deal, what's say he wont come back and ask for more bulk deals of fish, maybe deals that are even bigger than the last. Sure, it doesnt have to be straight away, but you're not exactly going to be in a hurry to collect supplies - as once again, you're the one exploiting the game.
Of course, client deals make you instant gold, in large portions. But there are things that make the cash flow - just a little bit more neat.
Think of it this way:
You are a resto dr00d. You have two abilities to ensure a safe profit: Healing Touch, and Rejuvination.
Now, for the love of god. You do the math. With combined AH sales active that'll be dripping away giving you, say 200-300g a day in sales, AND having clients coming back and forth with bulk orders,
You've just learnt Regrowth. K-ching.
Now, i've been using MrFishIt for a week. I've fished for three nights, on and off, and I'm starting to slip into getting client sales.
Remember, the more clients you get orders from, the more recognisable you are as a monopoly. The more recognition you get, the more gold you're going to fork in.
Think this is actually hard to do? You need three things and three things only to make a good 10,000g in a week or two:
- A free guild bank.
- MrFishIt
- What you've just learned.
On the few servers i've been playing on looking around at the markets, the fishing market is depleated, to say the least.
This may not be the case on some servers, but by picking out a low-medium Pop PvE realm, I assure you, you will make a lot of gold over time.
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Why cant I just stick to the auction house?
A: Sticking to the auction house is pretty much letting water leak through your ceiling. It's coming down but there's still a hell of a lot left to descend.
Starting to develop client relationships, you are taking it up a whole new level, and taking the initiative to grab a mallet and break a whole through the ceiling.
Mallet = Cash flow.
While making this guide alone, i've made 750g in client orders, and this week alone i've made 8,000g.
Like I said, this is just plain and simple advice. No strategic measures you have to take.
Hope this helps out somebody!
-Z